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MUELLER WOULD GIVE CITY
HALL CONTROL OF SCHOOLS
Deneen Republicans, Harrison
Democrats and Sullivan Democrats
have sent word from Chicago to
their organization men in Springfield
that unless the Mueller bill is beat
en or amended Mayor Thompson will
hold absolute control of the Chicago
school board until 1921 and will have
a powerful minority ufitil 1923.
Backed by Sen. Ettelson, who is
also Mayor Thompson's personally
appointed corporation counsel and
backed further by Sen. George Har
ding and others of the Thompson
Lundin organization the Mueller
bill looks like one of the best cards
being played by the City Hall cnjwd
to keep its hold.
The present school board of 21
members would be abolished by the
Mueller bill. A smaller board of nine
members would be substituted. Five
members would be appointed by
Mayor Thompson in May, 1917, to
serve until 'May, 1918, when he
would, following the Mueller law, re
appoint these five. They would serve
until 1923.
The remaining appointments
which would cinch Mayor Thomp
son's grip on the school board would
be two for a term of two years, ap
pointed May, 1919; two for three
years, appointed May, 1917; two for
a term of four years, appointed May,
1917.
Millions of dollars of public school
moneys from school land leases are
involved in the Mueller bill. As it
now reads it would empower the
school board to sell school lands at
any prices without check by city
council or other branches of the city
government Also the Mueller law
would legalize that provision of the
Tribune's school land lease and other
leases which provide for no, revalua
tion clause.
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Washington. Special session of
the senate will adjourn Tuesday or
Wednesday.
GOVERNMENT TO UNCOVER
PLOT MOVES OF GERMANY
Washington, March 12. As ah aid
to allying Pan-America in a move to
crush German intrigues onthis con
tinent, the government is preparing
a record of Germany's sinister
moves. "It is still to be decided in
what manner it will be utilized for
this purpose.
The "white book" will trace a story
of plots that ranged" from blasting $
munition works to stirring country
against country in war on this con
tinent It will show how the ong
hand of the German foreign office
stretched forth to create hatreds and
discords in the new world that should
keep the United States embroiled at
home and make it impossible for her
to deal with Germany abroad.
Spy plots h'atched in Wilhelm
strasse, with the whole world as a
sphere of action, will be recorded so
that South America may know the
baleful influences at work to disrupt
these nations.
The work of former Ambassador
Von Bernstorff and his clever spy
aides will be recounted. The "book"
will show the details of how Germany
rplanned to cripple shipping, align
Mexico ana japan against tne united
States how she played on Latin
American pride in an effort to sway
the old chief Carranza into an era
of conquest stretching north and
south of his awn domain.
It will tend to show how Peruvian
navy men were bribed. It will trace
the operation of plots to blast"-the
Panama canal, .thus striking a vital
strategic blow at this country.
It will reveal the full plot to create
an Indian uprising, using this nation
as one of the 'chief headquarters,
Land it will recount the individual ex-
ploits of such men as Wolf Von Igel,
Fntzen, Boy-Ed , Von Papen and
many more. ' .
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New York. Government suit to-7
divorce Central Pacific railroad from .
Southern Pacific won by railroads.